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First, changing levels of hormones causes migraine such as menstrual migraine. According to Marie-Germaine Bousser, MD (2004), “The hormonal influence might be different on migraine without aura and on migraine with aura; there is good evidence for an association between estrogen withdrawal and attacks of migraine without aura but only weak evidence for an association between high estrogen states and attacks of migraine with aura”. To solve the problem, consumption the food that contains high…

While there is no single known cause of depression, psychologists have found it to be a result of a mixture of genetic, biochemical, environmental, and psychological factors. Researchers have concluded that depressive disorders are illnesses of the brain. When a patient is believed to be depressed, brain-imaging techniques have shown their brains are different from those of a patient who is not depressed. The parts of the brain that control thinking, sleeping, regulating mood, appetite and…

Do you know anyone with Depression? If you do you know that they are going thru a hard time. You might not even know that they have depression. There are some things you should know about depression like, when was depression discovered, what are the effects that come with depression, and what are past solutions. This paper will help you know all of that. First and foremost, depression was classified as an illness by the Ancient Greeks. In fact, depression has been a illness in humans since…

Depression is one of the most frequently occurring disorders for both males and females, which has a great impact on quality of life and mortality when we take into account that most people who commit suicide are also clinically depressed. The World Health Organization (WHO) has ranked depression the 4th leading cause of disability worldwide and predicts that by 2020, it will be the second leading cause.(http://www.who.int/mental_health/advocacy/en/Call_for_Action_MoH_Intro.pdf ) The average…

There are many studies done trying to find answers for many complicated questions. In the mental health field, mood disorders are the most common. Mood disorders consist of major depressive disorder (MDD), generalized anxiety disorder, bipolar disorder, and many more. MDD is one of the most common depressive mood disorders. About three to five percent of people experience this disorder at some point in their lives and the lifetime risk is about 17 percent (Anxiety and Depression Association of…

Bipolar Disorder Bipolar disorder (bipolar affective disorder or manic depression) is a mental disorder that can cause people to have severe mood swings in matter of minutes. A person who is diagnosed with bipolar disorder can be happy one minute, and depressed the next. There are “highs” and “lows” that a person with a bipolar disorder can experience. The “low” is bipolar depression, but when you feel full of energy, you are at a high. You can feel these mood swings only a couple of times a…

Psychological Evaluation and Psychiatric Issues Symptoms associated with CTE are currently classified according to whether problems or changes are observed in cognitive processing, mood, or behaviour. Symptoms in these areas are usually diagnosed years or even decades after repetitive brain trauma when the neurodegeneration progresses to the point that changes in cognition, mood, or behaviour begins to interfere with daily functioning. Changes in these three symptom areas can be mild at first…

As a depression counselor in Arlington, TX, I have treated many patients whose depression symptoms ranged from mild to severe and debilitating. For those patients, and for those who love them, dealing with the symptoms of depression is an ongoing struggle; and, because the human brain is still one of the great unknowns of biology and psychology, part of the struggle of living with depression is not being able to get the answers they need about their condition. If you are living with some type…

During her journey through depression, a recorded history on her brother would allow Clink to deal with her depression, which seemingly controls any aspect of her life. For instance, depression seeming controls Clink in her comparison of the future being “erased, replaced with a dark gray fog of uncertainty, and we clung to the few things we could control” (17). Clearly, Clink feels a sense of sadness in this instance in which the comparison she uses depicts how depression seemingly controls her…

Many people don’t really take physiological issues that seriously. People will go to the emergency rooms for a headache, back pain, and just about any physical sleekness. However, when it comes to mental issues, such as depression disorders, or anxiety, they are viewed as being normal. Depression disorder is defined by “psychology today” as an illness that involves your body, mood, and thought, and this is not something that just comes by every now and then, depressed people may feel sad, and…